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Preschool age is a great time to get kids involved with housework. Here’s a big list of age appropriate chores for little kids. Originally published October 24, 2014. When my oldest kiddo turned three, we decided it was a good time to get her more involved with household chores. She had already been helping around the house and in the… Read More

Marie Kondo’s method of tidying up just isn’t for me. Here’s why. I really WANTED to love the KonMari method. When Marie Kondo’s book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, came out, I was in a place in life where I was very overwhelmed and stressed and I needed some life-changing magic. And I also happened to be more than… Read More

As a mom to a shy kiddo, these are my tips for helping a shy child to make friends. This post was originally published on February 15, 2015. I was painfully shy as a kid. I was so shy that when we went to my granny’s house for dinner, I’d hide behind my mom when we got up to the… Read More

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